[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 21]
[House]
[Pages 29773-29774]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  The Chaplain, the Reverend Daniel P. Coughlin, offered the following 
prayer:
  Author of eternal promise and God of mercy, You know, full well, that 
our human nature is fraught with limitations and wounded by sin. The 
result is that peace in this world is never finally established or 
lasts forever. The building of a peaceful society has to go on all the 
time, day after day.
  Lord, continue Your work in us. In and through this representative 
democracy keep this Nation ever vigilant to secure the peace. By the 
outpouring of Your grace may each person of this our homeland struggle 
to control one's passions, be willing to trust others, as well as share 
human talents and riches with the less fortunate.
  May our true growth in becoming Your beloved community spread around 
the globe and give You glory both now and forever. Amen.

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